People v. Reeves

The defendant-appellant was indicted for murder and on January 23, 1973, he withdrew his previously entered plea of not guilty and pled guilty to the offense charged. Defendant was sentenced to a term of not less than 15 nor more than 20 years and now appeals. Defendant maintains that his guilty plea was accepted without adherence to Supreme Court Rule 402 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 402) in that he was not properly admonished as to the nature of the charge and that he could persist in his plea of not guilty. We find no merit in this contention.

The record establishes that the…